Laughs shall not be vanquished in 'Galavant'

December 31, 2014 10:00 PM

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Fairy tales, fractured or intact, never seem to go out of style, and the evidence is right in front of us with the new film adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's "Into the Woods" and ABC's effectively ridiculous music spoof, "Galavant," an eight-episode series kicking off with two episodes on Sunday.

Galavant (Joshua Sasse) is a gallant, predictably self-centered knight who falls in love with the beautiful Madelena (Mallory Jansen), only to lose her to the evil but mostly absurd King Richard (Timothy Omundson), who fancies himself a deft stand-up comic. Since he's the king, everyone laughs at hi...